- ideological function

Question 1

ideology means?

Answer 1

a set of ideas/beliefs that justify inequality eg maintain capitalist systems by persuading people it is fair through norms and values

Question 2

how do families perform ideological functions regarding hierarchy?

Answer 2

socialising children into the idea of hierarchy, someone always has power over them

Question 3

how does paternal/parental power over children effect them later in a capitalist society?

Answer 3

it accustoms children that there is always someone in charge of them, usually a man, and prepares them for a working life in which they will accept orders from employers

Question 4

according to zaretsky (1970’s) what is a ‘haven’?

Answer 4

alternative from the harsh and exploitive world of capitalism, in which workers can be ‘themselves’ and have a private life

Question 5

zaretsky doesn’t agree with the illusion of the ‘haven’ of a family because…

Answer 5

it is based on the domestic servitude of women (women are servers to all the family)

Question 6

family is described as a pressure valve, meaning…

Answer 6

family is the main reliever of stress